Wall bracket lamp



Nov. 17, 1936. E TER 2,061,359

WALL BRACKET LAMP Fil d March 21, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. I

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BY jm/v gv WM/M v ATTORNEY.

Nov. 17, 1936. .E. KANTER WALL BRACKET LAMP 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March21, 1934 INVENTOR. I W 40% BY 11 f: and W ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES I ATENT OFFICE WALL BRACKET LAMPEdward Kanter, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Application March 21, 1934,Serial No. 716,608

4 Claims. 31. 240-73) This invention relates to a wall bracket lamp andhas for its general object to provide a lamp of this character whichshall be readily portable, attractive, easily adjustable, durable andinexpensive and which shall be effective to supply indirect lighting andwhile being constructed entirely of opaque material will give theimpression of containing frosted glass.

A more limited object is the provision of unique means for concealingthe wiring and at the same time supporting the Weight of the electriccable from which current is supplied and the force of any shocks whichmight be imparted therethrough. A further object is the provision ofunique means for assembling the shade elements.

Still further objects will become apparent from the followingdescription when read in connection with the accompanying drawings inwhich Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved bracket 2 lamp; Fig. 2is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is apartial sectional View; Fig. 4is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryelevation showing a portion of the wall engaging plate.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings the numeral It] indicates achannel shaped wall engaging plate which is provided with side flangeelements ii extending along the middle portion thereof. At the upper andlower ends of the plate ii), the width is greatly decreased so that thesaid plate terminates in relatively narrow channel shaped portions l2.The channels of the portions 12 communicate with the main channeldefined between the flanges I I. Adjacent the lower end of the flanges His an opening l3 through the plate Ill. On each side of the opening I3are ears l4 between which is pivoted the lower end of an arm it by meansof a pin I6. Immediately below the opening i3 is a cam portion I1against which bears an adjusting screw it threaded through a lowerportion [9 of the arm i5. Adjacent the upper ends of the flanges I l isa suspension opening 2i] which is adapted to receive a headed member 2!such as a push pin inserted into a wall 22, along which the flanges i land the flanges of the terminal portions l2 extend and against whichthey engage.

The arm I5, in the instant construction, is circular and of channelcross section as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. This arm terminates at itsupper end in an outwardly bent portion 23 to which is pivoted an element24 carrying a socket or receptacle 25 which may have a conventional pushbutton switch 26. The socket 25 is provided with a shoulder 21 and areduced externally threaded portion 28. I The electric cable 29 whichsupplies current to the socket 25 passes downwardly through the channelin the arm 15, through the opening l3 and downwardly through the channelin the lower terminal portion l2 of the plate [0. Short wire members 30may be attached to the edges of the channels and bent over to hold thecable 29 in position.

Mounted on the socket 25 is a shade assembly adapted to give indirectlighting and which includes shade elements 34, 32 and 33, it beingunderstood that no particular number of shade elements is essential andthat the number employed is a matter of choice. These shade elements aresupported in such manner as to extend in telescoping relation for ashort distance and be considerably spaced apart to permit light to passoutwardly therebetween. Ihis relation of shade elements I termsemi-nested. The lowermost shade element 3| has its lower and smallerend engaging against the shoulder 2'! and flaring outwardly andsurrounding the threaded portion 28 of the said socket. Received on thethreaded portion 28 is an internally threaded annular member 34 whichhas an outwardly extending flange engaging against the inner surface ofthe shade element 3| whereby to clamp the same firmly against theshoulder 21. The annular member 34 carries, by means of a plurality ofstraps 35, the upper shade elements, each of said straps 35 beingfixedly secured to the member 34 and to those shade elements above thelowermost. A bulb 36 is received in the socket 25 and extends upwardlyinto theinterior of each of the shade elements. As will be clear fromthe drawings, the suspension opening 20 and the lowermost channel I2 arecentered with respect to the plate IE) and lie in the plane of symmetryof the shade assembly, the arm l5 and the plate I0.

I prefer to provide at least the shade elements 32 and 33 with lightdiffusing zones on their exterior surfaces preferably by coating suchzones with a flat finish, slightly gray paint or lacquer. When the coloris about the shade of gray known as oyster shell, the effect producedwhen illuminated is strikingly similar to frosted glass or similartranslucent material.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention I wish it understood that the same may be embodied in varyingforms and that I am limited only in acoordance with the appended claimsand the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a socket having an externally threaded portionand a shoulder, of a shade element engaging against said shoulder andflaring away from its shoulder engaging portion and surrounding andextending above said threaded socket portion, an internally threadedannular member received on the threaded portion of the socket andengaging the inner surface of said shade element, and a second similarlyflaring shade element carried, at a point spaced from said socket, bysaid annular member and being semi-nested with said first shade element.

2. In combination with a socket having an externally threaded portionand a shoulder, a shade element engaging against said shoulder andflaring away from its shoulder engaging portion and surrounding andextending above said threaded socket portion, an internally threadedannular member received on the threaded portion of the socket andengaging the inner surface of said shade element at a point spaced fromsaid socket, and a plurality of connected, similarly flaring,semi-nested shade elements carried by said annular member, the lowermostthereof being seminested with the first said shade element.

3. A wall bracket lamp comprising a channelshaped wall-engaging plate, apair of ears carried by said plate, an arm pivotally supported betweensaid pair of ears and having a projection thereon,

a lamp socket and shade carried by the outer portion of said arm, saidplate having an opening therein adjacent said pair of ears, said platehaving a narrow channel portion extending downwardly from a pointadjacent said opening, an electric cable connected with said lamp socketand extending through said arm and through the opening in said plate andthence behind said narrow channel, and means carried by the projectingportion of said arm for adjusting the position of said arm.

4. A Wall bracket lamp comprising a channelshaped wall-engaging plate, apair of ears carried by said plate, an arm pivotally supported betweensaid pair of ears and having a projection thereon, a lamp socket andshade carried by the outer portion of said arm, said plate having anopening therein adjacent said pair of cars, said plate having a narrowchannel portion extending downwardly from a point adjacent said opening,an electric cable connected with said lamp socket and extending throughsaid arm and through the opening in said plate and thence behind saidnarrow channel, and means carried by the projecting portion of said armfor adjusting the position of said arm, said arm being circular in shapeand channel-shaped in cross section and being secured to said plate at apoint opposite said lamp socket.

EDWARD KANTER.

